Inner tie rod

You've hit the nail on the head re: big tires and bad steering but another common factor is front locker use (for those who have it)

It's always a good idea to carry extra tie rods when out wheelin' especially if you are still stock.

IMO, Ford made the tie rods as the 1st point of failure to protect the ridiculously thin stock steering end cap. The tie rods will fail before damaging the ridiculously thin rack.

People who use BroncBuster, or other tie rod type braces / sleeves, are setting themselves up for massive failure on the trail. A busted tie rod is much easier to fix than a busted rack..

I addressed the tie rods and rack pretty early on by adding a 74Weld Stage 1 steering rack end cap kit and Icon XD tie rods.

I hardly ever use the front locker but still wanted to make sure I was solid since I go out solo wheeling 99% of the time.

Here is the stock rack end cap next to the 74Weld when I replaced mine. Look at how thin the stock end cap is.. YIKES!






Next let's look at the stock tie rod. Again, embarrassingly thin.

Stock on the left >> Ford Performance in the middle >> Icon XD on the right